Thread: Sighting with factory and handloads

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

mate...that is terrible shooting,anywhich way you look at it. sorry I dont think its worth sugar coating it....a .22-250 or 223 SHOULD be plurry near touching at hundy and still minute of rabbit head at 200.....
you need to get all set up to shoot,shut your eyes for count of 20..open them and see if you still on target..if you ARENT... you need to shift yourself,change your rest untill you can do it...it might mean taking off your socks and using them under butt plate to keep it higher....yeah yeah sure you not going to shoot in field like this (although I have done it,much to bro in laws discust as my sweaty smelly socks went in under his nose LOL) BUT you trying to test rifle/scope/ammunition NOT your shooting ability....
if your Xhairs are waving around like boobies on bouncy castle,you not going to shoot good groups,or test bugger all other than it will go bang.
you better off to come back into 50 yards if thats all you can find behind treeline out of wind...if holes appear on target in line the rifle probable fine,if they inch off to left...they probably going to be 2" to left at hundy....its all relative.

which is long winded way of saying what Cam did above.

I like your honesty, I don't claim to be the worlds best shot as only been shooting for maybe 2 years and then not often enough. I can generally hit and kill what I'm aiming at and with time I expect to get better. I know I don't have the best setup for target shooting and like everything I do, its all done on the cheap and with what I happen to have at the time.

I couldn't get anything under the stock as I didn't have anything big enough and if I did I would have needed a ladder. I'm ok with it and expect to do better next time.